WHAT THE SPINNER, BUYER AND PLANTER SAY ABOUT 
COKER-WILDS COTTON — 



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WELLINGTON MILLS, INC. 
GLUCK MILL DIVISION 
OPERATING DEPARTMENT 
ANDERSON, 8S. C. 
ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE COMPANY 

July 19, 1948 
Mr. Robert R. Coker, Vice-President 
Coker's Pedigreed Seed Company 
Hartsville, South Carolina 
Dear Mr. Coker: 
Thanks for your letter of the 17th, and we are vitally interested 
in a supply of extra long staple cotton, 
Necessarily, there has been some foreign staple substituted for 
American which we regret to see, and we very mugh favor that 
suitable cotton for our work be grown domestically. 
At one time the Mississippi Delta and the lower part of this state 
had almost a monopoly on the finest cotton grown in the world, and 
I am sorry that the farmers have favored the shorter lengths at its 
expense, 
We are a fine goods mill, use cotton from 1-3/16" to 1-1/4" staple, 
and would always give preference to domestically produced varieties, 
The price of which will, of course, be governed by the supply and 
demand situation and other factors beyond our control; 
We appreciate your Company's interest in this kind of cotton and 
shall always be more than glad to do anything that we can to help 
you promote it, 
Yours very truly, 
WELLINGTON MILLS, INC. 
Presifient ( 
JOHN S. WILLIAMS, JR 
MEMPHIS COTTON EXCHANGE 
NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE 



Williams Cotton Company 
B11 MoCALL BUILDING 
LYNN R. WILLIAMS MEMPHIS 3, TENN. 
MEMBERS TELEPHONE 6-3764 
Jury 28, 19h9 
BRANCH OFFICES 
CLEVELAND, MISS 
GREENWOOD, MISS 
BELZONI, MISS 
CLARKSDALE, MISS 
iTTA BENA, MISS 
JOHN 8. WILLIAMS 






Dr. GEORGE Js WiLOS, PRESICENT 
Coxer's PEDIGREED SEED COMPANY 
HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA 



DEAR SiR: 



We ARE VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TD WRITE YOU AT THIS 
TIME WITH REGARD TO THE GREAT INTEREST ANO INQUIRY WE ARE 
RECEIVING CONCERNING COKER=\/1LOS COTTON. THIS INTEREST 
1S BEING MANIFESTED NOT ONLY BY TEXTILE MILLS SPINNING 
THE FINER COUNTS BUT BY PLANTERS, COGINZANT OF THE ACUTE 
SHORTAGE OF SUPPLY OF AMERICAN LONG STAPLES ANDO THE EX= 
TREMELY HIGH PREMIUMS BEING PAIC FOR EGYPTIAN COTTONS OF 
COMPARABLE LENGTHS. MosT OF THESE PLANTERS EVEN NOW 
WISH TO SECURE SEED FOR 19)9 PLANTINGS. 







IT tS EASY TO FORESEE AN EXTRA ORDINARILY HIGH 
BAS!S PREMIUM FOR LONG STAPLES FOR SOME YEARS T2 COME 
ANDO OUR FIRM, WHICH HAS SPECIALIZEO IN THE MARKETING OF 
COKER-WILOS EVER SINCE ITS INTROOUCTION, 1S EAGER TO CO 
OPERATE WITH YOU ANDO YOUR PLANTER CLIENTELE IN HELPING 
TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF THIS COTTON. 





THOSE PLANTERS FOR WHOM WE SECURED SEED LAST SPRING 
INFORM US OF THE EXCELLENT PROGRESS OF THIS YEAR'S PLANT= 
INGS AND WITHOUT EXCEPTION ARE MORE THAN PLEASED WITH ITS 
PERFORMANCE. 






THE LONG OVEROUE AWAKENING IN GOVERNMENT CIRCLES TO 
THE INADEQUACY OF AMERICAN EXTRA STAPLE SUPPLIES FOR ANY 
KIND OF DEFENSE PROGRAM WILL IN THE LONG RUN PROVE AN 
EXTRA BOON TO THE PRODUCER. We CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THERE 
WILL BE ENOUGH SEED AVAILABLE NEXT SPRING TO SATISFY THE 
1949 DEMAND. 




YOuRS VERY TRULY, 


WILLIAMS COTTON COMPANY 

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